A psychiatrist has sued Dr. Dre for $10 million, accusing him of sending a “barrage of threats” including “homophobic rhetoric.” According to a lawsuit filed in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday, October 9, Dr. Charles J. Sofi, a psychiatrist who claims to have mediated as a marriage counselor before and during the divorce of the rapper and his ex-wife Nicole Young , says Dre bombarded her with a series of abusive text messages 14 months after the divorce was finalized.
In the documents, the doctor accused Dre (Andre Young) of starting his “campaign of harassment” in February 2023 and intentionally causing emotional distress, as the rapper allegedly called the plaintiff a “bitch” and a “piece of shit.” Was. According to TMZ’s reporting, above text. The American record producer also allegedly threatened to pay off the marriage counselor. Sophie further says that Dre sent his associates posing as FBI agents to threaten her physical safety and send her a warning. In addition to suing the rapper for $10 million in economic damages, the doctor seeks a restraining order to protect him from further harassment.
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Dr. Charles Sofi vs. Andre Young: Lawyers clash
Sophie’s attorney, Christopher Frost of the firm Frost LLP, said that instead of “treating the mediation process as an opportunity for healing”, Dre “decided to take out his frustrations about the mediation on Dr. Sophie.” According to Billboard, these “frustrations” ultimately manifested as “an almost year-long sustained campaign of late-night messages, intimidation and threats of violence, and homophobic rhetoric.”
In contrast, Andre Young’s attorney, Howard King, told TMZ that Sophie filed the lawsuit only after he failed to pressure Mr. Young to drop his efforts to punish Dr. Sophie for dereliction of duty and gross incompetence. are. These claims are detailed in a confidential complaint filed by Mr. Young with the Osteopathic Medical Board of California in 2023.
He stressed that Young’s initial complaint seeks to revoke Dr. Sophie’s license to provide mental health counseling to patients in need. In gross violation of all applicable standards of care, Dr. Sophie got herself into a contentious divorce while she ‘treated’ not only Mr. and Mrs. Young, but their children as well.
Dre’s lawyer also said that Sophie was fired after she learned how he was encouraging one of their children to take sides against the rapper. However, Sophie described Dre’s allegations of pressuring her son to go to the press against him as “baseless and far-fetched.” “Dr. Sophie has consistently rejected the Medical Board’s efforts to investigate these claims, but now she has filed this desperate lawsuit while the Medical Board continues to tighten its grip,” Howard King concluded his statement.
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Dre reportedly wrote in an April 2023 text that he wasn’t going anywhere “until you make me understand why you tried to talk [an unnamed person] Saying negative things about me in the media.”
Billboard noted that because some of Dre’s threats were based on Doc’s sexual orientation, they violated California hate crime laws.
Dr. Dre and Nicole Young’s failed marriage
Sophie’s lawsuit establishes that Dre and his then-wife Nicole reached out to her in 2018 for a “joint psychiatrist-patient relationship.” He not only provided them marriage counseling but also accompanied them to their lawyers when the divorce case began. Nicole Young filed for divorce from the rapper in 2020, ending their 24-year-long marriage. He cited allegations of abusive behavior as the reason for the separation. Meanwhile, the record producer denied those claims. The former couple finally finalized their messy divorce in December 2021 with a $100 million settlement.
